What is wrong with this code that uses the mysql extension to fetch data from a database in PHP?

Question

I want to fetch data from a mysql table using php. Please, can anyone tell me what is wrong with this code? What is the correct code to fetch data from a mysql database:

Answer 1

Change the "WHILE" to "while". Because php is case sensitive like c/c++.

Answer 2

use this code

  while ($rows = mysql_fetch_array($query)):

   $name = $rows['Name'];
   $address = $rows['Address'];
   $email = $rows['Email'];
   $subject = $rows['Subject'];
   $comment = $rows['Comment'];

   echo "$name<br>$address<br>$email<br>$subject<br>$comment<br><br>";

   endwhile;

   ?>

Answer 3

Try this

<?php
// 1. Enter Database details
$dbhost = 'localhost';
$dbuser = 'root';
$dbpass = 'password';
$dbname = 'database name';

// 2. Create a database connection
$connection = mysql_connect($dbhost,$dbuser,$dbpass);
if (!$connection) {
    die("Database connection failed: " . mysql_error());
}

// 3. Select a database to use 
$db_select = mysql_select_db($dbname,$connection);
if (!$db_select) {
    die("Database selection failed: " . mysql_error());
}

$query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE name = 'Admin' ");

while ($rows = mysql_fetch_array($query)) { 
   $name = $rows['Name'];
   $address = $rows['Address'];
   $email = $rows['Email'];
   $subject = $rows['Subject'];
   $comment = $rows['Comment']

   echo "$name<br>$address<br>$email<br>$subject<br>$comment<br><br>";      
} 

?>

Not tested!! *UPDATED!!

Answer 4

If this is the code you have, then you will get an error because, you are reassigning $row while in the loop, so you would never be able to iterate over the results. Replace

$rows = $rows['Name'];

with

$name = $rows['Name']'

So your code would look like

WHILE ($rows = mysql_fetch_array($query)):

   $name = $rows['Name'];
   $address = $rows['Address'];
   $email = $rows['Email'];
   $subject = $rows['Subject'];
   $comment = $rows['Comment'];

Also I am assuming that the column names in the table users are Name, Address, Email etc. and not name,address, email. Remember that every variable name/field nameh is case sensitive.